U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Number of Utility Patent Applications
Filed in the United States,
By Country of Origin,
Calendar Years 1965 to Present (1)

This report was prepared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT), and contains
counts of U.S. patent applications by country of origin. These data were originally compiled by
USPTO for reporting annually to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); WIPO presents
them along with data from other intellectual property offices in the annual WIPO publication,
Industrial Property Statistics. Please note, however, that counts presented in this
report may differ from those reported in the WIPO report because, in some years, the WIPO report
may omit counts of selected USPTO applications (e.g., Patent Cooperation Treaty-based applications
received by USPTO).

The country of origin of an application is based on the residence of the first-named inventor.
Only utility patent applications are included in the figures for 1975 to the present. Both utility
and reissue patent applications are included in the figures for 1965 through 1974. A separate count
of reissue applications by country of origin is not available for those years, but is estimated to
be very small, compared to the number of utility applications. From 1965 to 1974, 99.67 percent of
the summed utility and reissue patent applications were utility applications, based on fiscal year
data (see attached table addendum).

Country names that appear in this table do not imply any expression of opinion by USPTO about the
preferred name or the legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities. Changes in the
geographic boundaries or the legal status of some countries may result in multiple names for the same
geographic area. For example, applications from Egypt may also be reported as United Arab Republic, and
applications from Rhodesia, South, may also be reported as Zimbabwe.

For more information about patent data that are available from the USPTO, please contact the Patent
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Number of Utility Patent Applications Filed in the United States, By Country of Origin, Calendar Years 1965 to Present (1)

Countryof Origin (2)

Most recent year,2013

1965 (3)

1966 (3)

1967 (3)

1968 (3)

1969 (3)

1970 (3)

1971 (3)

1972 (3)

1973 (3)

1974 (3)

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Countryof Origin (2)

Afghanistan

1

1

1

1

1

Afghanistan

Albania

1

1

1

2

1

1

Albania

Algeria

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

3

3

2

2

2

Algeria

Andorra

5

1

1

3

1

1

2

3

3

1

2

2

5

4

2

5

4

5

Andorra

Angola

2

1

Angola

Anguilla

1

2

1

1

3

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

1

1

4

1

2

4

0

1

1

2

2

1

4

2

1

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

160

53

40

35

45

41

52

49

54

44

50

44

52

51

61

62

56

55

35

35

40

39

56

42

32

32

56

59

59

56

75

65

78

77

119

96

137

137

95

125

103

94

117

150

138

146

134

156

141

160

Argentina

Armenia

16

1

1

1

1

4

2

1

3

8

5

6

3

9

8

10

16

Armenia

Aruba

3

1

1

1

1

2

Aruba

Australia

3,676

224

220

263

313

308

293

324

389

442

442

415

470

424

528

579

517

597

630

603

696

739

809

842

750

800

811

783

863

781

921

1,007

1,057

1,006

1,420

1,462

1,800

1,995

2,160

2,310

3,000

2,919

2,928

3,412

3,976

3,699

3,739

3,767

3,603

3,676

Australia

Austria

2,167

229

232

273

286

337

333

369

359

398

413

370

401

402

432

447

410

449

418

421

447

498

557

504

485

511

560

516

566

526

599

619

543

552

710

823

881

961

1,115

933

1,022

1,044

1,214

1,438

1,418

1,564

1,661

1,849

2,008

2,167

Austria

Azerbaijan

4

3

1

1

2

1

1

2

2

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

8

15

11

13

12

17

13

10

7

4

9

8

4

3

3

4

10

2

7

2

6

11

8

15

9

14

20

15

18

16

20

23

21

15

13

9

18

20

7

8

15

8

Bahamas

Bahrain

7

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

3

4

2

5

7

Bahrain

Bangladesh

9

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

4

3

9

Bangladesh

Barbados

8

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

4

2

10

6

3

1

4

7

6

2

2

8

Barbados

Belarus

14

4

8

5

7

9

3

5

10

7

10

5

8

11

4

15

14

12

6

11

6

13

14

Belarus

Belgium

2,401

286

303

319

384

377

330

387

404

445

408

445

398

387

408

373

388

391

356

390

428

450

523

518

545

572

592

614

692

685

862

1,001

930

894

1,059

1,204

1,245

1,286

1,293

1,395

1,309

1,460

1,546

1,766

1,609

1,846

2,084

2,115

2,211

2,401

Belgium

Belize

1

1

4

Belize

Benin

1

1

Benin

Bermuda

3

2

2

1

1

2

1

2

5

3

1

4

2

1

1

4

7

3

7

6

3

3

2

2

2

1

3

4

4

1

5

8

14

9

8

7

2

8

6

4

11

3

5

16

3

3

Bermuda

Bolivia

3

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

6

3

6

6

3

2

2

1

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

3

2

1

5

2

2

1

3

3

Bolivia

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba

1

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

1

1

1

2

1

3

3

1

2

2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

1

1

1

Botswana

Brazil

769

33

35

30

29

22

30

51

46

43

44

64

51

51

72

72

53

66

70

57

62

78

68

62

71

111

88

124

112

105

156

115

145

134

165

186

220

219

243

259

287

295

341

375

442

464

568

586

679

769

Brazil

British West Indies

2

2

6

3

9

14

1

16

20

British West Indies

British Virgin Islands

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

3

2

4

8

6

11

12

6

7

10

9

4

5

6

2

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

2

1

1

2

1

1

2

1

2

2

Brunei

Bulgaria

90

7

7

11

10

27

16

20

28

35

37

51

70

40

48

36

40

30

37

39

22

40

41

32

42

30

31

11

7

3

4

6

5

4

3

11

18

13

8

10

105

58

47

55

99

104

90

66

71

90

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

1

Burkina Faso

Burma

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

Burma

Burundi

1

Burundi

Cameroon

1

1

1

3

2

2

12

3

1

4

Cameroon

Canada

13,675

1,695

1,323

1,456

1,558

1,707

1,843

2,025

1,966

2,095

2,191

2,127

2,237

2,192

2,050

2,061

1,969

2,202

2,138

1,995

2,273

2,270

2,438

2,791

3,046

3,425

3,511

3,641

3,761

3,910

4,255

4,745

4,443

4,694

5,689

6,149

6,809

7,221

7,375

7,750

8,202

8,638

9,652

10,421

10,307

10,309

11,685

11,975

13,560

13,675

Canada

Cayman Islands

29

1

2

1

3

1

3

2

1

1

5

11

5

1

7

1

4

3

4

2

3

3

2

5

13

22

13

11

29

Cayman Islands

Ceylon

1

2

2

Ceylon

Central America

2

Central America

Chad

1

1

Chad

Chile

133

5

13

7

6

10

6

9

4

6

10

5

7

7

8

7

8

11

6

3

11

7

16

2

4

11

13

12

12

11

11

10

23

17

17

16

24

23

38

33

51

55

76

68

75

66

85

111

109

133

Chile

China, Hong Kong SAR

1,166

9

15

7

24

23

25

13

25

33

38

33

56

45

39

56

38

55

44

46

56

66

82

86

108

86

132

150

155

219

163

222

207

274

403

473

626

681

729

815

816

889

1,053

1,027

885

995

1,053

1,070

1,166

China, Hong Kong SAR

China, Macau SAR

23

2

2

1

1

1

4

3

6

3

4

1

2

5

5

11

17

11

23

China, Macau SAR

China, People's Republic of

15,093

9

9

6

15

7

10

5

12

18

24

112

83

122

112

111

126

129

135

100

144

142

117

181

257

469

626

888

1,034

1,655

2,127

3,768

3,903

4,455

6,879

8,162

10,545

13,273

15,093

China, People's Republic of

China, Republic of

12

China, Republic of

Cocos Islands

1

Cocos Islands

Colombia

69

5

6

6

1

9

4

10

4

14

10

15

19

6

6

9

6

10

6

4

6

5

6

3

5

10

5

13

3

18

19

10

6

12

20

21

29

16

20

20

11

21

23

34

24

45

54

45

69

Colombia

Comoros

1

Comoros

Congo

55

11

2

1

Congo

Congo (Brazzaville)

1

1

Congo (Brazzaville)

Cook Islands

1

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

27

1

1

2

1

2

2

1

2

1

2

6

7

6

2

2

2

5

1

3

1

4

2

1

8

12

7

4

6

13

8

16

3

8

11

9

32

17

20

13

25

24

17

19

27

Costa Rica

Croatia

27

6

9

15

16

20

20

12

21

21

16

24

38

32

34

40

38

33

29

36

43

27

Croatia

Cuba

23

2

1

2

2

5

1

3

4

3

2

1

2

1

1

3

2

1

2

1

5

6

4

2

3

5

4

6

9

15

13

7

6

12

13

14

15

39

30

17

24

14

23

Cuba

Curacao

1

1

1

1

Curacao

Cyprus

20

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

4

3

3

2

6

2

1

1

3

3

7

4

3

10

9

11

13

6

9

14

16

14

15

20

Cyprus

Czech Republic

403

1

15

14

17

30

34

30

52

77

58

61

69

81

115

133

190

236

288

271

388

403

Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia

186

180

160

174

218

134

166

169

167

173

142

136

92

88

80

90

82

77

74

84

68

63

50

72

71

39

32

41

26

13

22

13

10

19

16

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

2,100

165

172

168

195

221

211

275

241

251

250

242

219

250

287

223

217

243

277

280

278

282

302

316

337

284

370

358

378

376

445

618

496

634

748

863

859

1,113

1,065

1,002

923

997

1,165

1,284

1,439

1,703

1,773

1,974

2,059

2,100

Denmark

Dominica

1

1

Dominica

Dominican Republic

9

1

1

1

2

1

2

3

1

2

2

1

3

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

1

3

4

3

1

4

5

5

5

6

9

2

7

5

6

5

9

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

7

1

1

3

4

3

2

2

4

4

2

1

1

1

3

1

2

1

3

4

2

1

6

2

3

5

4

4

6

5

8

11

5

6

10

6

4

5

6

8

10

7

Ecuador

Egypt

80

1

6

2

6

3

2

5

5

3

4

3

3

2

3

4

2

4

3

4

10

4

6

2

2

10

11

16

20

16

11

12

19

19

20

30

54

36

48

63

62

80

Egypt

El Salvador (4)

2

5

3

1

4

3

4

4

2

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

1

2

3

1

1

2

1

1

3

2

El Salvador (4)

Estonia

77

2

2

2

3

6

4

10

6

7

9

17

13

26

24

43

54

50

80

77

Estonia

Ethiopia

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

1

1

1

Faroe Islands

European Patent Office (5)

1

2

1

2

European Patent Office (5)

Falkland Islands

1

Falkland Islands

Fiji

1

1

3

3

1

1

1

Fiji

Finland

2,869

44

52

73

94

103

125

154

159

176

178

173

184

203

228

231

258

275

300

346

363

399

350

430

417

513

595

592

576

568

707

745

836

891

970

1,376

1,530

1,840

1,811

1,935

2,096

2,032

2,383

2,444

2,621

2,610

2,772

2,551

2,760

2,869

Finland

France

11,462

2,238

2,174

2,385

2,522

2,821

2,625

2,987

3,122

3,197

3,157

3,048

3,005

3,007

3,257

3,127

3,331

3,237

3,336

3,213

3,507

3,605

3,884

3,837

4,301

4,268

4,771

4,723

4,828

4,320

4,528

5,001

4,486

4,759

5,249

6,216

6,623

6,852

6,825

6,603

6,813

6,972

7,176

8,046

8,561

9,331

10,357

10,563

11,047

11,462

France

French Guiana

1

French Guiana

French Polynesia

1

2

1

1

French Polynesia

Gabon

1

3

1

1

1

Gabon

Georgia

1

2

6

3

2

1

1

6

3

5

7

8

12

12

3

4

4

6

5

1

Georgia

Germany, East

18

13

26

39

41

134

96

96

107

58

74

80

77

47

61

51

31

Germany, East

Germany, West

5,728

5,504

5,734

6,455

7,405

7,798

7,772

7,782

8,603

8,897

8,258

8,343

8,903

9,262

9,261

9,669

9,924

10,002

8,901

9,755

10,452

10,648

10,783

10,957

11,386

11,261

Germany, West

Germany

30,551

10,874

11,652

10,500

11,324

11,853

11,550

12,333

13,885

16,978

17,715

19,900

20,418

18,890

19,824

20,664

22,369

23,608

25,202

25,163

27,702

27,935

29,195

30,551

Germany

Ghana

2

1

2

1

1

1

4

1

3

1

3

1

2

2

Ghana

Gibraltar

5

1

6

9

6

3

4

6

7

6

8

5

Gibraltar

Greece

146

14

14

9

19

17

16

15

20

24

19

31

16

21

22

13

22

22

21

11

20

15

21

21

29

33

27

20

28

19

27

29

23

30

45

50

44

49

58

50

62

68

75

104

105

127

133

136

157

146

Greece

Greenland

1

1

Greenland

Grenada

1

1

Grenada

Guadeloupe

2

2

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

3

5

1

1

2

2

1

1

2

4

3

6

3

2

4

2

3

4

1

2

2

3

2

2

2

1

3

1

3

4

3

2

1

2

2

5

2

1

1

2

2

2

1

4

5

1

4

3

Guatemala

Guernsey

3

5

4

3

Guernsey

Guinea

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Guinea

Guyana

1

1

1

Guyana

Haiti

2

2

1

1

1

2

1

3

3

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

Haiti

Honduras

1

4

2

3

1

3

1

1

2

1

1

3

1

1

1

5

1

1

4

1

2

2

1

1

1

5

1

1

Honduras

Hungary

273

37

48

66

54

70

80

88

103

113

108

144

133

132

136

175

194

212

225

210

207

208

209

174

172

174

138

103

76

69

76

70

59

40

73

120

107

103

128

118

144

131

143

193

198

250

246

235

280

273

Hungary

Iceland

78

1

7

2

4

2

1

8

2

7

5

14

4

2

4

5

7

6

1

5

6

2

3

3

10

16

3

6

6

13

8

25

31

30

51

41

56

51

53

48

46

39

47

52

63

75

78

Iceland

India

6,600

10

25

32

13

30

21

22

21

24

43

32

39

27

24

25

23

22

20

15

30

25

36

26

41

50

58

51

64

54

70

91

115

137

180

271

438

643

919

1,164

1,303

1,463

1,923

2,387

2,879

3,110

3,789

4,548

5,663

6,600

India

Indonesia

37

1

1

3

1

1

1

13

5

6

6

5

1

6

1

4

1

4

3

6

3

6

3

4

11

11

7

5

4

11

3

9

12

9

5

27

8

16

11

16

19

13

18

23

24

31

37

Indonesia

Iran

32

2

4

4

1

4

2

4

6

4

3

15

9

2

2

3

1

4

2

7

2

4

7

4

5

2

7

6

5

1

1

1

3

2

4

3

5

4

4

8

25

22

41

70

80

55

32

Iran

Iraq

2

1

1

1

5

1

6

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

2

Iraq

Ireland

1,039

30

27

29

44

44

33

26

39

36

34

51

55

42

40

43

63

48

47

56

75

83

91

103

99

130

116

103

104

149

131

114

138

228

252

362

366

440

368

403

516

483

648

709

704

796

829

947

1,039

Ireland

Isle of Man

20

1

2

4

16

20

Isle of Man

Israel

7,237

94

86

64

73

87

90

120

143

155

165

158

175

206

202

235

253

317

316

307

376

377

427

503

490

624

608

633

780

803

1,040

1,072

1,042

1,198

1,442

2,009

2,509

2,710

2,645

2,539

2,693

3,157

3,657

4,410

4,550

4,727

5,149

5,436

6,455

7,237

Israel

Italy

4,580

811

849

866

960

1,031

1,105

1,160

1,162

1,128

1,192

1,164

1,230

1,224

1,328

1,480

1,501

1,384

1,500

1,411

1,636

1,628

1,799

1,822

1,943

1,964

2,093

2,123

2,288

1,906

1,998

2,128

2,062

2,119

2,313

2,577

2,704

2,967

2,980

3,011

2,997

2,993

3,274

3,376

3,805

3,940

4,156

4,282

4,516

4,580

Italy

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)

Jamaica

9

2

4

4

4

1

1

4

3

1

6

4

1

1

2

2

2

3

2

1

3

1

3

1

3

3

4

4

2

1

2

4

4

4

3

5

12

10

5

5

14

9

Jamaica

Japan

84,967

2,263

2,479

3,354

4,051

5,430

6,093

7,418

6,831

8,565

9,163

8,566

9,365

9,674

10,189

11,185

12,951

14,009

16,068

15,998

18,473

21,431

22,895

24,516

28,357

31,791

34,113

36,846

38,633

34,816

37,768

39,872

39,510

41,767

45,260

47,821

52,891

61,238

58,739

60,350

64,812

71,994

76,839

78,794

82,396

81,982

84,017

85,184

88,686

84,967

Japan

Jersey

6

1

10

5

13

6

Jersey

Jordan

24

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

2

2

3

2

4

4

2

4

1

5

2

5

6

2

11

15

5

12

7

14

20

24

Jordan

Kazakhstan

11

1

1

1

1

5

4

3

1

1

3

2

4

1

2

1

4

7

4

8

11

Kazakhstan

Kenya

9

1

4

1

2

5

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

4

2

3

1

3

2

0

1

1

5

5

10

10

15

8

5

10

8

2

5

4

11

10

9

Kenya

Korea

1

5

2

4

11

13

4

19

13

Korea

Korea, North

3

5

3

3

4

2

3

2

12

14

12

25

6

4

2

1

1

Korea, North

Korea, South

33,499

22

20

27

28

34

34

33

64

68

78

74

129

162

235

295

607

775

1,321

1,471

1,624

2,354

2,820

4,248

4,920

5,452

5,033

5,705

6,719

7,937

10,411

13,646

17,217

21,685

22,976

23,584

23,950

26,040

27,289

29,481

33,499

Korea, South

Kuwait

116

1

2

2

1

3

3

5

4

5

2

9

4

1

2

2

0

5

2

11

8

9

10

9

9

5

19

19

34

25

22

38

56

86

97

116

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

1

1

1

1

1

1

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

13

2

1

5

2

3

4

3

3

10

5

6

8

7

13

13

9

10

13

Latvia

Lebanon

20

6

3

6

2

2

6

3

3

1

1

2

4

2

1

1

8

1

3

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

4

3

2

5

9

7

9

2

4

8

13

8

12

14

11

15

20

20

Lebanon

Lesotho

1

1

1

Lesotho

Libya

5

1

1

1

Libya

Liberia

1

2

1

1

1

1

Liberia

Liechtenstein

36

24

18

13

13

27

25

23

11

20

20

28

13

15

20

10

29

18

10

17

21

11

15

12

11

15

13

14

19

13

15

13

17

19

24

26

28

29

34

32

21

23

24

31

39

35

37

48

46

36

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

25

1

2

3

3

2

4

4

5

1

10

17

6

7

11

14

9

20

10

18

25

Lithuania

Luxembourg

87

7

5

14

16

11

14

26

21

17

23

28

28

34

23

51

45

49

41

29

40

31

39

35

32

36

39

35

39

20

31

32

36

59

57

61

69

60

72

51

70

104

86

69

90

128

84

87

Luxembourg

Macedonia

1

1

3

2

3

1

1

1

2

1

Macedonia

Madagascar

2

1

1

2

1

1

Madagascar

Malagasy

1

1

Malagasy

Malawi

1

1

1

Malawi

Malaysia

506

2

2

1

2

4

10

8

3

2

1

5

5

4

2

6

8

4

6

6

14

11

22

16

20

37

30

30

61

41

76

104

116

142

237

326

323

379

337

297

328

373

381

391

506

Malaysia

Mali

2

1

1

1

1

1

Mali

Malta

10

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

2

1

1

3

3

3

4

4

3

2

8

10

8

10

10

9

4

12

10

Malta

Marshall Islands

1

1

1

1

1

Marshall Islands

Martinique

1

1

1

Martinique

Mauritania

2

2

Mauritania

Mauritius

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

1

Mauritius

Mexico

357

83

97

78

177

74

73

87

98

130

108

127

110

89

92

82

77

99

70

73

77

81

69

70

74

77

76

106

105

82

105

99

97

110

141

147

190

196

157

185

179

180

213

212

248

220

295

306

355

357

Mexico

Moldova

2

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

Moldova

Monaco

34

3

5

2

1

7

2

4

12

4

10

10

8

11

12

7

9

8

5

5

7

5

3

11

3

4

3

8

6

3

6

12

10

13

21

26

20

26

23

20

12

14

11

14

23

28

41

25

34

Monaco

Mongolia

1

1

1

3

1

1

Mongolia

Montenegro

1

1

Montenegro

Montserrat

1

1

1

Montserrat

Morocco

2

5

4

1

1

2

2

3

2

3

1

2

2

1

3

2

3

1

1

3

4

1

1

5

3

1

3

4

2

4

1

3

2

6

7

6

2

4

4

2

Morocco

Mozambique

1

Mozambique

Myanmar

1

Myanmar

Namibia

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

Namibia

Nauru

1

Nauru

Nepal

1

1

1

2

2

2

Nepal

Netherlands

4,467

690

652

711

790

899

886

1,017

916

1,047

985

1,040

990

1,026

1,028

983

1,025

1,077

1,077

1,087

1,179

1,221

1,269

1,334

1,512

1,570

1,588

1,397

1,547

1,472

1,455

1,570

1,559

1,726

1,816

2,058

2,289

2,712

2,602

2,257

3,052

3,188

3,823

3,946

3,883

4,203

4,463

4,418

4,303

4,467

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

2

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

1

3

New Caledonia

(Papua) New Guinea

1

1

1

(Papua) New Guinea

New Hebrides

3

New Hebrides

New Zealand

614

27

20

22

22

34

38

54

49

56

66

62

86

100

99

94

119

119

87

101

128

121

135

132

110

121

105

91

107

85

130

137

174

174

187

240

279

318

375

387

346

352

415

455

438

555

541

517

555

614

New Zealand

Nicaragua

2

2

1

2

4

1

2

2

1

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

Nicaragua

Niger

2

1

Niger

Nigeria

7

1

1

1

2

4

3

4

2

4

4

3

3

1

1

1

2

3

2

2

1

1

2

4

1

6

6

4

2

2

3

3

3

1

4

7

4

7

Nigeria

Niue

1

1

Niue

Norfolk Island

1

3

1

Norfolk Island

Norway

1,169

96

63

90

95

107

130

146

115

131

156

156

137

165

172

152

104

133

152

108

153

160

177

185

159

141

164

169

212

190

203

243

227

303

337

415

447

475

531

449

525

541

562

693

827

905

936

977

1,102

1,169

Norway

Oman

1

1

1

3

2

5

3

6

2

7

4

8

1

Oman

Pakistan

48

2

1

1

2

1

3

1

1

4

1

4

2

1

1

3

2

1

2

1

3

2

7

2

2

7

6

4

3

4

7

13

15

13

9

18

32

12

48

Pakistan

Palau

1

Palau

Panama

6

1

4

4

3

5

5

3

2

3

3

1

2

1

2

4

1

2

1

1

4

1

1

4

4

8

4

2

7

5

6

6

2

14

1

6

5

9

6

8

1

6

6

6

Panama

Paraguay

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

Paraguay

Peru

8

16

4

7

7

7

4

5

5

9

7

7

8

4

2

1

2

4

1

2

2

3

5

6

9

7

7

1

4

5

6

5

4

3

6

5

5

8

8

8

5

2

2

3

6

7

9

10

7

8

Peru

Philippines

85

2

12

4

9

13

17

12

8

11

11

17

22

15

16

8

17

16

27

15

10

15

10

11

14

13

9

10

10

9

7

12

9

15

13

20

32

51

58

42

82

65

69

81

69

55

80

79

64

85

Philippines

Poland

377

27

50

48

55

59

45

51

35

50

61

47

59

68

68

83

65

49

25

21

44

13

19

23

26

24

13

21

16

27

20

19

22

19

19

31

33

39

46

59

101

102

98

74

133

135

185

197

307

377

Poland

Portugal

133

18

11

12

15

13

10

9

7

10

12

10

7

3

1

8

7

6

5

6

8

9

13

15

7

9

6

3

11

9

14

10

16

12

17

28

17

28

27

20

30

33

42

57

84

91

111

91

118

133

Portugal

Qatar

18

1

1

2

3

1

3

1

5

6

15

19

18

Qatar

Reunion

1

1

Reunion

Rhodesia, South

1

3

3

Rhodesia, South

Rhodesia

3

3

1

2

4

3

9

6

1

2

1

Rhodesia

Romania

124

15

15

45

53

59

45

53

65

29

42

29

20

22

30

17

9

13

8

7

6

4

2

3

2

1

1

2

5

4

7

5

12

11

8

12

14

8

11

16

18

29

48

44

62

82

93

94

124

Romania

Russian Federation

959

2

183

153

206

221

254

249

273

388

382

433

377

341

334

366

412

444

547

522

606

719

888

959

Russian Federation

Samoa

1

5

1

1

Samoa

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1

1

1

Saint Kitts and Nevis

San Marino

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

649

3

4

1

5

6

2

5

3

1

4

1

3

3

13

8

8

1

9

15

12

12

8

12

11

17

23

24

19

17

26

11

28

26

37

32

37

38

62

64

111

147

317

326

465

649

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

5

1

0

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

Senegal

Serbia

28

10

13

14

10

25

22

20

28

Serbia

Serbia & Montenegro

7

4

Serbia & Montenegro

Seychelles

10

1

3

2

1

1

1

2

7

4

10

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

1

Sierra Leone

Singapore

1,722

4

2

5

6

4

3

5

7

7

6

9

6

5

6

11

9

19

17

17

17

37

36

63

89

104

134

144

176

213

336

460

632

786

807

771

879

919

1,143

1,188

1,266

1,225

1,540

1,564

1,688

1,722

Singapore

Sint Martin

1

1

Sint Martin

Slovakia

46

13

7

2

3

6

5

10

6

8

5

12

16

20

27

29

30

41

29

40

46

Slovakia

Slovenia

98

8

19

11

13

19

24

29

21

27

20

36

38

50

43

50

63

68

76

107

87

82

98

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

1

1

1

Solomon Islands

South Africa

415

99

83

101

102

115

98

149

145

165

152

179

149

169

175

206

203

213

199

207

216

227

204

239

192

215

185

186

207

246

238

187

189

174

211

179

209

231

241

224

246

197

231

252

265

318

320

339

318

415

South Africa

South Georgia

1

South Georgia

South-West Africa

15

6

7

1

2

South-West Africa

Spain

1,707

93

116

106

133

145

123

156

138

204

175

182

172

152

144

163

142

147

159

157

196

207

225

228

231

302

289

258

313

269

315

357

359

370

409

464

549

601

564

606

696

701

844

966

1,216

1,162

1,422

1,501

1,641

1,707

Spain

Sri Lanka

16

2

1

1

2

3

2

1

3

1

2

2

6

1

3

3

4

6

8

11

12

6

9

10

11

16

Sri Lanka

St. Kitts/Nevis

1

1

1

2

2

2

7

1

St. Kitts/Nevis

St. Lucia

1

1

1

St. Lucia

St. Vincent/Grenadines

1

1

St. Vincent/Grenadines

Sudan

1

2

1

1

1

2

Sudan

Suriname

1

1

Suriname

Swaziland

2

1

1

1

1

1

6

9

11

Swaziland

Sweden

4,509

833

858

825

941

1,070

957

1,148

1,078

1,335

1,357

1,359

1,251

1,253

1,221

1,137

1,207

1,191

1,144

1,181

1,306

1,239

1,229

1,155

1,028

1,114

1,057

1,086

1,072

1,157

1,405

1,500

1,481

1,980

2,359

2,570

2,825

2,827

2,410

2,314

2,270

2,243

2,680

3,164

3,265

3,515

3,840

4,140

4,390

4,509

Sweden

Switzerland

4,747

1,377

1,399

1,513

1,551

1,698

1,770

1,848

1,963

2,076

2,057

2,131

2,053

1,964

2,056

1,836

1,975

1,828

1,820

1,716

1,808

1,894

1,929

1,857

1,993

2,019

1,931

1,902

1,922

1,759

1,852

1,917

1,609

1,637

1,875

2,144

2,233

2,337

2,338

2,275

2,316

2,447

2,773

3,079

3,353

3,508

4,017

4,086

4,394

4,747

Switzerland

Syria

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

6

1

1

3

3

1

2

1

2

4

2

1

Syria

Taiwan

21,262

8

16

13

3

19

27

28

40

66

102

113

127

174

243

262

367

394

509

530

601

760

959

1,182

1,246

1,507

2,035

2,252

2,667

2,874

3,560

4,054

4,766

5,492

7,412

9,411

9,046

11,086

12,488

13,786

15,057

16,617

19,301

18,486

18,001

18,661

20,151

19,633

20,270

21,262

Taiwan

Tajikistan

1

1

Tajikistan

Tanzania

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

Tanzania

Thailand

167

1

1

3

14

2

2

4

1

4

3

1

5

3

5

4

5

7

8

4

3

8

4

11

15

19

21

20

21

26

41

92

70

61

60

69

68

71

99

96

94

108

127

134

167

Thailand

Trinidad & Tobago

12

1

2

3

1

2

4

8

7

3

4

1

3

1

2

1

2

6

5

2

1

1

3

2

1

1

2

5

2

1

3

2

4

2

10

7

7

10

11

7

12

Trinidad & Tobago

Tunisia

16

1

2

1

4

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

3

2

3

1

2

5

10

6

5

4

12

16

Tunisia

Turkey

203

5

4

3

1

6

5

3

3

4

6

3

9

2

3

6

3

2

8

1

6

11

4

5

7

3

6

3

2

3

5

6

7

10

16

29

28

28

36

28

48

46

71

66

85

85

150

184

197

203

Turkey

Turkmenistan

1

1

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

1

1

1

3

6

6

6

4

1

3

5

1

1

2

1

1

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

1

2

1

1

6

3

2

1

1

2

2

2

Uganda

Ukraine

135

4

16

14

17

18

24

28

22

40

32

43

45

38

37

41

40

45

66

64

104

124

135

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

135

2

1

2

4

3

1

2

2

2

2

3

3

4

7

2

6

12

17

16

24

25

34

44

52

61

98

135

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Rep.

2

1

17

United Arab Rep.

United Kingdom

12,807

4,479

4,238

4,597

4,660

5,216

4,746

4,734

4,811

4,914

5,109

4,568

4,529

4,533

4,468

4,270

4,178

4,294

4,351

4,138

4,370

3,825

4,641

4,898

4,788

5,066

4,959

4,557

4,587

4,414

4,856

5,202

4,791

5,147

6,110

6,948

7,523

8,362

8,391

7,700

7,792

7,962

8,342

9,164

9,771

10,568

11,038

11,279

12,457

12,807

United Kingdom

Upper Volta

1

Upper Volta

USSR

215

112

427

329

438

445

578

653

752

728

696

675

610

623

494

338

417

331

194

146

145

158

174

216

291

304

177

54

21

11

9

2

1

1

USSR

Uruguay

24

1

1

2

1

7

3

5

2

1

1

4

1

3

1

2

2

3

3

4

2

1

4

5

5

2

3

8

6

6

1

4

1

3

4

7

8

11

9

16

11

9

23

21

19

16

22

24

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

1

4

2

1

3

1

Vanuatu

Vatican City

2

1

Vatican City

Venezuela

28

12

15

9

6

14

11

5

19

18

11

19

26

16

19

20

25

23

26

23

28

40

49

41

30

26

48

43

47

38

43

32

38

40

35

42

45

53

36

29

18

34

22

32

22

31

38

26

45

28

Venezuela

Viet Nam

18

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

2

6

3

5

6

10

1

9

13

12

18

Viet Nam

Viet Nam, South

2

1

1

Viet Nam, South

West Africa

1

West Africa

West Bank/Gaza

1

1

West Bank/Gaza

Yemen

1

1

1

Yemen

Yugoslavia

10

7

17

17

12

14

10

20

17

15

16

17

21

25

34

21

28

24

20

11

22

28

35

35

39

34

30

28

10

6

8

3

7

7

4

6

2

7

11

Yugoslavia

Zaire

1

1

1

Zaire

Zambia

3

3

3

2

1

2

2

1

Zambia

Zimbabwe

1

6

1

4

2

2

3

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

3

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

Zimbabwe

Other Foreign

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

0

0

0

Other Foreign

Total Foreign

283,781

22,312

21,670

24,046

26,291

30,507

30,832

33,640

33,355

37,144

38,445

36,569

37,294

38,068

39,475

39,959

42,231

44,009

46,309

44,313

49,443

53,132

56,946

59,602

64,633

70,380

73,915

76,351

80,650

74,788

82,624

88,419

88,295

94,812

107,579

120,362

131,131

148,997

150,200

153,500

167,407

182,866

204,183

214,807

224,733

231,194

248,249

255,832

274,033

283,781

Total Foreign

U.S.

287,831

72,317

66,855

61,651

67,180

68,243

72,343

71,089

65,943

66,935

64,093

64,445

65,050

62,863

61,441

60,535

62,098

62,404

63,316

59,390

61,841

63,874

65,487

68,315

75,192

82,370

90,643

87,955

92,425

99,955

107,233

123,958

106,892

120,445

135,483

149,825

164,795

177,511

184,245

188,941

189,536

207,867

221,784

241,347

231,588

224,912

241,977

247,750

268,782

287,831

U.S.

TOTAL

571,612

94,629

88,525

85,697

93,471

98,750

103,175

104,729

99,298

104,079

102,538

101,014

102,344

100,931

100,916

100,494

104,329

106,413

109,625

103,703

111,284

117,006

122,433

127,917

139,825

152,750

164,558

164,306

173,075

174,743

189,857

212,377

195,187

215,257

243,062

270,187

295,926

326,508

334,445

342,441

356,943

390,733

425,967

456,154

456,321

456,106

490,226

503,582

542,815

571,612

TOTAL

Notes:

(1) Country of origin is based on the residence of the first-named inventor.

(2) Country names that appear in this table do not imply any expression of
opinion by USPTO about the preferred name or the legal status
of any country or territory, or of its authorities.

(3) Data for 1965 through 1974 also include reissue applications.

(4) The USPTO submission to WIPO in 1975 reported two additional applications
from "San Salvador" that are not included in this table. However,
the total number of applications shown in this table for 1975 is consistent
with the figure reported to WIPO.

(5) Applications from the European Patent Office were not reported separately
to WIPO after 1987. Applications from the EPO were distributed according
to the country of residence of the first-named inventor after 1987.

Addendum Table:

The following table displays the percent of utility plus reissue patent applications that
were utility patent applications, as broken out by fiscal year.